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Thu 06 Jun 2007Christian survey may have had agenda, say bishopsA survey on Christian knowledge, published last April, has been criticised strongly by two Catholic bishops, who also suggested that those who commissioned it may have had an agenda.A press conference in Maynooth yesterday was also told it was hoped Bishop Eamonn Casey would be allowed return to public ministry, "quickly, for his sake". Bishop Martin Drennan of Galway said it was for Rome to decide and that Bishop Casey was "doing well" following a hip operation.